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Each year brings a different version
of my personality. Clown or trapeze artist,
red nose, off balance. A friend of mine
brought this to my attention during a visit.

Insert three rings here. Pay at the door . I

I am changing faster than you are because

each year I learn a mountain of new facts.

How to pitch a big tent so that at the top

is the circus master.

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When I descend the data filled peak, more

than who I was is affected, I have more gray

hairs, all those overnighters during exams.

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A circus is more than jugglers and predators,
clowns, or huge mammals. It is a progression
of building techniques. Mid terms. Who thought
of calling them that? It was the carnival ticket taker

who dreamed of being a graduate circus act.

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Finals had to be coined by some summer mortuary
working college Dean. Sometimes it is minute
by minute, the circus.

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Lady A

09-10-12

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